Improvement in slates



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. SLATE. No. 189,996, Patented Apri124,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Drrron CARL N. BROMBAGHER, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,996, dated April 24, 1877; application filed February 12, 1877.

To all whom at may concern Be it known that I, CARL NIGOLAUS BROM- BAOHER, of Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slates; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, the cover of the box being open. Figs. 2 and 3 are crosssections. V

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

This invention consists in the combination of a slate, intended for school or other purposes, with a box for holding pencils, penholders, &c., the said box being embedded in or formed by one of the wooden slats forming the frame of the slate, the detail, construction and arrangement of the same being as hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the drawing, A is a slate, the frame of which consists of four wooden slats, one of which, B, is somewhat wider than the rest.

The slat B hasa recess, b, which forms a box long and deep enough to hold one or more lead or slate pencils or pen-holders. This box is lined with cloth or flannel a, in order to prevent the points of the pencils, &c., from breaking.

C is the cover of the box. This is made,

preferably, of sheet metal, and is so arranged as not to project above the level of the slat B.

D is a partition near one of the ends of the box or recess b. in the space separated from box b by this partition I arrange a spring, (1,

which engages with a knob or projection, e, on the under side of cover 0 in such a mannor as to retain the coverin whichever posi- .and the spring 61 keeps the cover securely in r position when it is closed.

I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to construct a slate with a receptacle or pencilcase in the frame thereof; this being shown, for instance, in the patent to W. Jones Rhees, January 15, 1867. Y In my improvement, however, I make the slat B, having the box or receptacle wider than the rest, thus increasing the capacity of the box without materially increasing the bulk of the slate-frame.

Another important advantage is the cloth or flannel lining a, already described, the desirability of which will be readily perceived.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A slate-frame having one side wider than the rest, and provided, with the cloth-lined recess 72, the partition D, the spring 11, and the hinged cover 0, having knob or projection 0, all constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL NIOOLAUS BROMBAGHER.

Witnesses PH. ZOELLNER, G. A. ZOELLNER. 

